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Women's SIUE Cross Country SIUE Athletics | |
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 Kelly Flounders
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October 23, 2004 Flounders Named GLVC Freshman of the Year ALEXANDRIA, Ky. - Kelly Flounders (Homer Glen) placed ninth in her first Great Lakes Valley Conference Cross Country Championship and was named the league's Freshman of the Year on Saturday. Flounders, who also was named All-GLVC for finishing among the top 10, ran the 6,000-meter course in 23 minutes, 21.01 seconds It was the third fastest time ever by an SIUE freshman and the 11th fastest time in school history. As a team, SIUE placed sixth out of eight teams. Wisconsin-Parkside won the meet with 47 points followed by Southern Indiana with 60. Mary Witte (Normal) was the next best finisher for the Cougars with a 20-th place finish in 24:02.01. The winner of the race was Southern Indiana's Heather Cooksey, who won in convincing fashion in 21:32.90. She won the race by more than 50 seconds over Wisconsin-Parkside's Michelle Boldon. SIUE's next competition includes all of the GLVC teams and the other members of the Great Lakes region. SIUE is the host institution for the 2004 NCAA Great Lakes Regional on November 6 at the Cougar cross country course. -siue cougars- |